active· Livelihoods

Recovery and rehabilitation of cultural heritage in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

The project aims at rehabilitating the monuments and sites of the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage property that suffered extensive damage by the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. By working with the Department of Archaeology, local communities, employing and training volunteers and building basic infrastructures, site and monuments will be protected from the looting and further destruction. Priority interventions include: sensitive removal of debris, emergency consolidation of monuments at risk of collapse and rehabilitation of livelihood in order to rebuild the cultural tourism potential (on-site restoration work as key tourists' attraction) and generate employment.